No I am not talking about the Evil Blogger Lady doing post after post about her commenters.
I am talking about Leah Remini and her getting the boot from Scientology.
It seems that they are threatening to reveal her secrets that she revealed in her "auditing" sessions which were kind of like confession for these new age assholes. They have done this before with other apostates.
It's a lot like what Meade did when they threw everybody out of TOP and they all congregated at Lem's joint. He couldn't leave it alone. If they really felt the way they said they felt they would have kept their distance and let it go. But Needy Meady had to jump right in and start duking it out with everyone which caused problems with people who might not have been all that pissed off to begin with. He definitely showed who he really is and I think that was a revelation for a lot of people. Most of youse guys already knew he was a dick.
If the Scientologist start this shit they might lose more adherents and more stuff might come out. I understand why they are pushing Leah out. I mean she is not hot stuff anymore and they want to go with more high profile people. Sometimes you just need to let people go and not worry about it. It is best for everyone.
But some people never learn.
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Crack bait.
I'm interested in whether blake knew that position.
Oh shit. I forgot the tag.
Thanks chickie.
Oh, come on. Really?
I swear, the greatest problem facing mankind today is Gell-Man amnesia.
Shall we check what The Huffington Post has to say about Catholicism, Troop? I'll bet they'd say the Catholic Church was "rampantly homophobic" as well.
Why would Scientology want to force out Leah Remini because she's somewhat less hot?
What is it, after 37 years, that makes her suddenly decide "Oh, no, not for me"? You wanna bet she's doing something maybe she shouldn't oughtta be, and she had the choice of continuing to do it or leaving the church?
Seriously, why would you trust those assholes about anything?
She is unemployed. No money coming it, you go now.
I live in the Scientology capital of the world (L.A.) and I have (through random newspaper ads) on no less than three occasions ended up contracting with Scientologists, and I'm pretty sure Leah Remini still has more money than all of them.
Gell-Mann amnesia.
The fucking HUFFINGTON POST, which JUST THIS WEEK ran an article on how McDonald's could DOUBLE its employee salaries while only charging 17% more for its food.
The fucking HUFFINGTON POST, which regularly ATTACKS Catholics, referring to it as a "Jesus Eating Cult" and the "tactical arm" of NAMBLA.
This is why conservatives lose. They rail at these sources they know to be completely biased and with their heads up their asses, and then turn around and report what they say like it's gospel.
"It has been speculated..." is not journalism, and it's how this piece starts. "We're just reporting--what we're thinking..."
Come on, peeps. Wake up. They're not just wrong about the things you know about, they're wrong about everything.
I just linked to the first source reporting this blake. There were about six or seven of them.
As I understand it they forced her out and threatened her because of questions she was asking about the wife of one of the leaders who had sort of disappeared. Not because she didn't have any money. But because she is much less high profile they would not work to appease her as they might do to someone on the upswing. That's all.
It sounds plausible and Leah has said some of this openly. But it could all be bullshit. No doubt about it.
I think her questioning the hierarchy is the reason she is out but the change in her status recently helped it along.
They wouldn't do this to Cruise or Travolta now would they?
It still requires you to trust the media that you wouldn't trust to report on your lunch.
Even if it didn't, note the HuffPo sites no sources. It just says "It has been speculated..." It's the same people doing the speculating and pushing the "news" out along the usual channels. That's how "news" works in this country, and always has.
And, yeah, she's saying she got thrown out for raising questions about the hierarchy. I again point to the 37 year thing.
Is it more likely that she's uncovered a great mystery and power struggle? Or that she's doing something she shouldn't and doesn't want to stop? Or that maybe she wants some attention?
The playbook is so old: They're simultaneously super-powerful and amazingly cunning, but also stupid, and duping all their followers.
Just like they describe Republicans.
Sorry. Don't mean to piss on your pissing on TOP. This is my current bugaboo: Citing the media when we know they're full of it.
Yeah, that's another thing: Really? You figure a lesser status is what's doing it? Why not Giovanni Ribisi? Hell, I went through that slidehsow on Huff Po and hers was only one of five I recognized.
But if I run into her again, I'll ask.
Good for Leah. About time she snapped out of it. After all, she's a Brooklyn girl.
Yes, she asked questions about Shelley Miscavadge's disappearance. According to her sister, she also got into trouble because she questioned (in private conversation with a good friend) Tom Cruise's relationship with the top leaders of the church. Like the fact that Miscavadge accompanied T & K on their honeymoon.
By the way, this quote from Paul Haggis (previous defector) is priceless:
What was new to me was the report that Leah had run afoul of the church by challenging Scientology’s leader, David Miscavige, who is held to be infallible. When I was leaving and was visited by waves of angry friends and a phalange of top Scientology executives, trying to convince me to tear up my letter and resign quietly, I made a similar mistake by insisting they look into the charges of abuse detailed by the Tampa Bay Times. I was working on a film about Martin Luther King Jr. at that moment and made the polite suggestion that even great leaders like Dr. King were human and fallible. Two of the senior church leaders leapt to their feet and shouted at me, “How dare you compare a great man like David Miscavige to Martin Luther King!” I ended the meeting at that point, thanking them for coming.
I mean: wow. Has Crack seen this? He might pop an artery. I almost did-- mostly, laughing.
I had no idea Scientologists hold Miscavadge to be "infallible."
Well, could this guy be wrong?
Also, Remini, some respect please.
You should know bros-- bros-- before hos.
And this is why we'll lose.
We're just as politically correct as liberals. Different targets, sometimes. (Though everyone hates Scientologists, so, hey: consensus!) But basically the same lack of critical thinking when it comes to reinforcing our prejudices.
blake, I don't think I get the target of your critique, or the object of your disagreement. I think I missed it. Where are we disagreeing?
Are you saying we're being unfair to Scientologists, because the MSM has depicted them inaccurately & unfairly?
I'm sure there are Scientologists I'd like, if I met them.
I assume they get (or think they get) something out of belonging to the "church." Especially in LA.
Nevertheless I think they're suckers, being conned and manipulated and controlled... and worse. I feel sorry for them.
yashu, Lem can end the Larry/Amazon horseshit. To date, he has not.
I'm saying you don't know. Your perception is based on what you have filtered through the media.
Sure you think they're suckers. That's what people think about Republicans, too. For the exact same reasons.
I'm saying you don't know. Your perception is based on what you have filtered through the media.
True; fair enough. Though that's also true of many other things on which I have opinions, many of which diverge from the predominant MSM narrative. One can filter the filters, too.
I do take your point: I don't have any first-hand experience or knowledge whatsoever of the subject.
There is a difference, though: it's easy enough to get to know what real Republicans believe, what they're like, if you really want to, without relying on media stereotypes. Republicans/ conservatives are open about their beliefs; you don't have to be a Republican or join the party to have access to that information. There's no secret knowledge accessible to initiates only.
It would be interesting to get to know a Scientologist; I'm sure many of them would defy my stereotypes and expectations. But I'm not sure how much they'd share with me, a non-Sciento, about their religious beliefs, how the church works, etc.
I worked with and went to school with Scientologists when I lived in Northern California.
They looked normal, but if you spent any time talking to them you soon realized they were nuts. They believed really odd stuff about space ships and super beings and all in all, I much preferred talking to and working with Mormons. Well, other than the having more than one wife thing. One wife is one too many.
But I'm not bitter...
My point is they do it every day, to all of us, about every thing, and it distorts the culture violently.
Even the "secret info" thing is part of libeling playbook. Think about it:
How is it Republicans are racist, when Democrats were the party of the KKK, Bull Connor, etc. "Well, the Republicans had a secret strategy to win over all the racists with Reagan in the '80s."
Utter nonsense. But an article of absolute faith among the left, and vaguely believed by everyone else, sometimes even die-hard Republicans.
When they print the most outrageous stories about Scientologist beliefs, they say "Well, the rank and file doesn't know about this". It's completely incoherent. If they don't know about it, how can they believe in it?
Why, I'm beginning to think they don't even use the blood of Christian babies to make their bread!
I saw "The Hunt" yesterday, which is a Danish film about a man falsely accused of molesting a child and it brought back awful memories of the '80s and the McMartin case.
The media destroys lives, and they suffer no consequences for it. I've had it.
I saw "The Hunt"
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